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Program
as of 17.08.2026
Please note that this program is still in the development phase. As such, it is continuously being refined and improved, and regular updates will be implemented. We appreciate your understanding and patience during this process.
Monday, 14th of September
| 08:00 – 09:00 |
Registration + Welcome Coffee |
| 09:00 – 09:15 |
Welcome - Philipp Adelhelm, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin & Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany |
| 09:15 – 09:45 |
The Na-ion Battery: Research in the Last Fifteen Years - Christopher Johnson, Argonne National Labs, US |
| 09:45 – 10:15 |
New active and inactive materials for Na ion batteries - Max Fichtner, Universität Ulm / Helmholtz Institute Ulm / KIT, Germany |
| 10:15 – 10:45 |
From Order to Disorder: Composition-Controlled Phase Transitions in Layered O3-NaxTMO2 Cathodes - Dorthe Ravnsbæk, Aarhus University, Denmark |
| 10:45 – 11:15 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:15 – 11:45 |
Interlayer Hydration Chemistry Enables Stacking-Disordered P2 Layered Cathodes with Reversible Phase Transition - Yong-Mook Kang, Korea University, South Korea |
| 11:45 – 12:15 |
Origin of Capacity Limitation in Sidorenkite-Type Na3-xFe(PO4)(CO3) Carbonophosphate Cathodes for Na-Ion Batteries - Sigita Trabesinger, Paul-Scherrer-Institut, Switzerland |
| 11:15 – 12:45 |
Unexpected Gassing Phenomena in Sodium Layered Oxide/Hard Carbon Pouch Cells - Michael Metzger, Dalhousie University, Canada |
| 12:45 – 14:15 |
Lunch Break |
| 14:15 – 14:45 |
Unveiling the Battery Chemistry of Group-1 Elements - Shinichi Komaba, Tokyo University of Science, Japan |
| 14:45 – 15:15 |
Particle Cracking and Interfacial Reactivity in Advanced Sodium-ion Batteries - Xiaolin Li, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, US |
| 15:15 – 15:45 |
Structures and microstructures: from solid electrolytes to solid-state batteries - Wolfgang Zeier, Universität Münster, Germany |
| 15:45 – 16:15 |
Composite Soft Matter Electrolytes for Na-Based Batteries - Aninda Bhattacharyya, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bengaluru, India |
| 16:30 – 18:30 |
Poster Session + Coffee |
| 18:30 – 21:00 |
Dinner |
Tuesday, 15th of September
| 08:30 – 09:00 |
Welcome Coffee |
| 09:00 – 09:30 |
Strategically resilient energy storage solution for Europe's energy infrastructure - Nicolas Bucher, Varta AG, Germany |
| 09:30 – 10:00 |
Sodium-Ion Batteries: When Abundant Chemistry Meets Industrial Reality - Ronnie Mogensen, Altris AB, Sweden |
| 10:00 – 10:30 |
Bringing Sodium-Ion Batteries to the Road: An Automotive OEM’s Pathway from Concept to Application - Jakob Baumbach, Volkswagen AG, Center of Excellence Battery, Germany |
| 10:30 – 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00 – 11:30 |
From Cell Teardown to Scaled Production: Benchmarking and Industrialization Pathways for Sodium-Ion Batteries - Simon Lux, Fraunhofer FFB, Germany
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| 11:30 – 12:00 |
Printed Sodium Ion Batteries for a sustainable and resilient energy system - Daniela Fenske, Fraunhofer IFAM Bremen, Germany
|
| 12:00 – 12:30 |
Gassing and Capacity Fade: The Role of Solvents, Conductive Salts and Additives in Sodium-Ion Pouch Cells - Moritz Schütte, RWTH Aachen, Germany
|
| 12:30 |
Group picture of participants |
| 12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
| 14:00 – 14:30 |
Study on the Anode and Electrolyte Materials for Na-Ion Batteries - Fei Xie, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China |
| 14:30 – 15:00 |
Progress and Prospect of Industrialization of Sodium‐Ion Batteries - Ulderico Ulissi, Italy |
| 15:00 – 15:30 |
From Mossy to Crystalline Sodium Metal Growth: Electrochemical Strategies to Control Na-metal Nucleation and Growth - David Maibach, Polestar, Uppsala, Sweden |
| 15:30 – 16:15 |
Coffee Break |
| 16:15 – 16:45 |
Title to be announced - Peter Axmann, Zentrum für Solar- und Wasserstofforschung, Germany |
| 16:45 – 17:15 |
Biomass-Derived Hard Carbon from Stipa tenacissima as a High-Performance Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries - Mouad Dhabi, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco |
| 17:15 – 17:45 |
Invited Lecture - Confirmation awaited |
Wednesday, 16th of September
| 08:30 – 09:00 |
Welcome Coffee |
| 09:00 – 09:30 |
Advanced X-ray Characterisation Techniques for Battery Materials and Devices - Paul Shearing, University of Oxford, UK |
| 09:30 – 10:00 |
Na-ion Batteries: Materials, Interfaces and Mechanistic Pathways to
Sustainable Energy Storage - Nuria Tapia Ruiz, Imperial College, London, UK |
| 10:00 – 10:30 |
Invited Lecture - Confirmation awaited |
| 10:30 – 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00 – 11:30 |
Sodium Solid State Batteries – What´s Different compared with Lithium? - Jürgen Janek, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen, Germany |
| 11:30 – 12:00 |
Sodium Ion Electrolytes for Solid State Metal Batteries - Venkataraman Thangadurai, University of St Andrews, UK |
| 12:00 – 12:30 |
Chemo-mechanics in sodium solid-state batteries - Kelsey Hatzell, Princeton University, US |
| 12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
| 14:00 – 14:30 |
Recent advances in the understanding of sodium metal chloride batteries - Corsin Battaglia, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology (Empa), Switzerland |
| 14:30– 15:00 |
A Multifunctional Self-Healing and Fire-Retardant Gel Polymer Electrolyte for Sodium-Ion Batteries - Zari Tehrani, Swansea University, UK |
| 15:00 – 15:30 |
Commercializing Na-NiCl₂ batteries – An experience at the intersection of re-search and production readiness - Matthias Schulz, Fraunhofer IKTS, Germany |
| 15:30 – 15:45 |
Poster Award and Concluding Remarks |
